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Lynndie England joined the unit at age 17, having insisted to her parents that she finance her own college education. Independent and tomboyish, England had enough of a wild streak to enjoy standing outside during thunderstorms and even a twister. She dreamed of becoming a storm-chasing meteorologist, says her family. At 19, she surprised many by impulsively marrying a friend. Says Shoemaker-Davis: "When she was was on leave from Bosnia, she ran up to me laughing in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven and said, 'Look what I did!' and showed me her ring." The marriage...
...lead in coming weeks to courts-martial that could result in punitive discharges or imprisonment. Frederick, who was in charge of the others and thus appears to be most culpable, is likely to be tried first. He and five others facing charges remain on duty in Iraq, although the unit has been transferred out of Abu Ghraib. England has been sent to Fort Bragg in North Carolina...
...nudity and sexual humiliations staged at Abu Ghraib are not all that different from the crude hazing and horseplay that are commonplace among servicemen. In his 2003 book Jarhead: A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles, author and former Marine Anthony Swofford describes how his unit staged a "field f___," a simulated mass rape of one Marine by others, to let off steam and entertain a visiting journalist. Says Swofford of the scenes at Abu Ghraib: "We can be assured that somewhere on American military bases throughout the world, some people are treating their peers...
...Qualia digital camera (available in June) is a techie piece de resistance, with styling that evokes Connery-era Bond. Thumb size and weighing just 2 oz., the camera comes in a leather-and-chrome briefcase with loads of accessories, from flash unit to telephoto lens to video-output connector for viewing shots on TV. The camera uses a thin lithium-ion battery and the smallest autofocus lens available and has only two buttons on its exterior. Image quality is a mere two megapixels, but some nice software tricks compensate for the lack of resolution...
...Dartswim, is used by athletes in more than 20 countries, including Germany, Thailand and Venezuela. In the U.S., some two dozen Olympic sports use Dartfish. The technology helped athletes worldwide win 45 medals in the 2002 Winter Games, according to Victor Bergonzoli, general manager of the company's U.S. unit. "There are about half a dozen similar programs," says Mike Leigh, a technologist for the U.S. Olympic Committee in Colorado Springs, Colo., who has worked in sports science for 20 years. "But none works better than Dartfish...